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New Royal Hospital for Sick Children faces further delays

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Police are not treating the death as suspicious

Man dies of suspected drugs overdose in Newcraighall

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Kylie Minogue is coming to Edinburgh Castle in 2019.

Kylie Minogue announces Edinburgh Castle Concert

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A police officer has spoken of his fear as he raced to tackle a knife-wielding thug who tried to set fire to the Scottish Parliament.

Hero cop ‘feared for his life’ as he tackled man intent on ‘torching Scottish Parliament’

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Edinburgh Airport steps in to prevent taxi firms squabbling at rank

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Man collapsed in hotel 48 hours after being discharged from hospital

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Trans-Atlantic pen pals have been writing to one another since World War II

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Police appeal to trace missing Edinburgh boy, 16, last seen six days ago

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Sadie and Maggie Chisholm.

Dad stunned by kind-hearted medics’ gesture after toddler’s ordeal

Health

Brian Monteith: It’s been a bad week at the office for Theresa May
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An albino squirrel captured on camera earlier in the year. Picture: SWNS

‘Heartbreak’ as rare albino squirrel killed on Scottish road

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More than 11,000 sign Hearts fan’s petition against semi-final debacle

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Jack used a handcycle to get around after his surgery

Jack all set to pedal through Perthes

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Nicola Reynolds will run for the Sands charity

Baby Ramsay spurs Nicola Reynolds on for Sands

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Emma Jayne Park in It's Not Over Yet, the show about her cancer battle that she never thought she would make

Dancer puts cancer battle centre stage at Edinburgh Fringe

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Micah Stanbridge with his mother Sheena, who received a bone marrow transplant thanks to the Anthony Nolan Trust

Cyclist crosses America for charity that saved mum’s life

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House prices in Edinburgh and Lothians soar again during summer

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Music fans descend on Linlithgow for a host of top acts

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Nicola helps mums get their groove on

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No rest Ronald McDonald House PJ charity fundraisers

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Talking helped turn storyteller Lily’s life around

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Police are not treating the death as suspicious

Man dies of suspected drugs overdose in Newcraighall

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A police officer has spoken of his fear as he raced to tackle a knife-wielding thug who tried to set fire to the Scottish Parliament.

Hero cop ‘feared for his life’ as he tackled man intent on ‘torching Scottish Parliament’

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North Bridge looking north towards General Register House.

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A man and woman have been charged following the drugs recovery in Dalkeith

Man and woman arrested in Dalkeith following £33,000 drugs recovery

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Woman badly injured in Edinburgh ‘acid attack’

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Edinburgh fundraiser for crime-hit Ladyboys of Bangkok

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Missing 9-year-old found safe and well

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Upkilting isn’t a laughing matter – Jane Bradley

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North Bridge looking north towards General Register House.

Edinburgh news LIVE: the latest news traffic and weather from the Capital

Edinburgh

Ethan King. Picture: PA

Teenage boy who died in Fife road crash named

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The owner of British Airways is understood to be seeking the support of the Spanish government in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

British Airways seek support from Spanish Government as part of no-deal Brexit contingency

Transport

One person has died and three are in hospital following a serious crash on the A1.

A1 crash: Elderly woman dies and three in hospital after East Lothian collision

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The buses will be able to accommodate a total of131 passengers, including those standing.

Monster buses coming to Edinburgh will be the UK's biggest

Transport

The A1 is partially closed

Car involved in major crash on A1 ‘was driving in wrong direction’

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The buses can accommodate 131 passengers. Picture: Alexander Dennis

'The best service in Britain without a doubt' - readers react to Edinburgh's new monster bus fleet

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Drone in near miss with Edinburgh-bound plane

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Campaigners back vision for Edinburgh’s George Street

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Ryanair to launch Luxembourg and Billund routes from Edinburgh

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Student accommodation is on the increase in Edinburgh. Picture: Jpress

Student accommodation in Edinburgh doubles since 2010

Education

Rod Grant's criticisms come at a time when Education Secretary John Swinney is already under pressure over policy

Head teacher canes ‘Big Brother’ bureaucracy in Scottish schools

Politics

More than 100 teachers have written to the Scottish Government in the month since the First Minister said they were 'free to contact her' with concerns about their jobs.

120 teachers write to Nicola Sturgeon after being ‘free to contact her’ over job concerns

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Several teachers at Kaimes Special School have been barred from the classroom and had their pay stopped, after refusing to teach pupils they believe pose a risk to their safety.

Edinburgh council officials meet with union bosses over Kaimes school violence

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Teachers being made to change reports, claims whistleblower

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Showdown between unions and officials over Kaimes school violence

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Cress could hold the key to curb losses of disease-ridden crops

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Sharp rise in number of schools forced to share headteachers

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The UK resident contracted the disease after being bitten by a rabid cat in Morocco. Picture: Stock Image

Briton dies from rabies after cat bite in Morocco

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The new Sick Kids hospital has been delayed further.

New Royal Hospital for Sick Children faces further delays

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Sean Cregan.

Man collapsed in hotel 48 hours after being discharged from hospital

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Sadie and Maggie Chisholm.

Dad stunned by kind-hearted medics’ gesture after toddler’s ordeal

Health

Sarra Hoy with her son Callum.

Sarra Hoy pens heartfelt letter to staff who cared for her premature son

Edinburgh

Lothian Tory MSP Miles Briggs. Picture: Greg Macvean

Bed-blocking numbers hike as care crisis deepends

Health

Karen Hume dropped from a size 30 to a size 8.

Mum who lost half her body weight reaches national slimmers’ semi-final

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Helen Martin: Our ‘caring’ society shortchanges elderly

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Edinburgh man with brain injury to be kicked out of hospital bed

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West Lothian veteran paralysed abroad is flown home

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1,000 children make 60-mile round trip for hospital treatment

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Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue’s Edinburgh Castle concert ‘is a coup for the Capital’

Opinion

The Remebrance Day service at the Haymarket memorial

Armistice Day letter: Is two minutes’ silence really too much to ask?

Opinion

Jackie Brock is Chief Executive of Children in Scotland

Jackie Brock: Voting in the UK must include 16-17-year-olds

Opinion

The artist's impression of George Street gives the appearance of a vacant, empty thoroughfare

Helen Martin: The tumbleweed fate that awaits George Street

Opinion

Ian Swanson: Row over cuts unlikely to sever city’s coalition

Opinion

Kevin Buckle: Why smartphones are more dangerous than A-boards

Opinion

Upkilting isn’t a laughing matter – Jane Bradley

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Liam Rudden: Luath Press launch Bay City Rollers’ Alan Longmuir’s autobiography

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A police officer has spoken of his fear as he raced to tackle a knife-wielding thug who tried to set fire to the Scottish Parliament.

Hero cop ‘feared for his life’ as he tackled man intent on ‘torching Scottish Parliament’

News

The owner of British Airways is understood to be seeking the support of the Spanish government in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

British Airways seek support from Spanish Government as part of no-deal Brexit contingency

Transport

Adam McVey and Cammy Day shake on the coalition deal. Picture: Greg Macvean

Ian Swanson: Row over cuts unlikely to sever city’s coalition

Opinion

Labour Leader Cammy Day. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Labour activists call for party to quit Edinburgh council coalition

Politics

Donald Trumpat his Trump Turnberry clubhouse.

Revealed: Donald Trump’s plan to build housing and luxury villas on Ayrshire farmland

Golf

Rod Grant's criticisms come at a time when Education Secretary John Swinney is already under pressure over policy

Head teacher canes ‘Big Brother’ bureaucracy in Scottish schools

Politics

MP Jo Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street. Picture; Getty

More ministers poised to quit over Theresa May’s Brexit plans - Jo Johnson

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Campaigners back vision for Edinburgh’s George Street

Transport

Nicola Sturgeon condemns attack on Hibs manager Neil Lennon

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Edinburgh’s buses ‘unaffected’ by car-free George Street proposals

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Martin Whitfield: People’s Vote is the best way to agree a decisive way forward

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Entertainment More Entertainment >>

Kylie Minogue is coming to Edinburgh Castle in 2019.

Kylie Minogue announces Edinburgh Castle Concert

Entertainment

Aid worker Linda Norgrove, from the Isle of Lewis, was kidnapped in Afghanistan in 2008 and killed during a botched resue attempt. She is one of 180 new entries in the New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. PIC: Linda Norgrove Foundation.

Aid worker Linda Norgrove among new entries in dictionary of Scottish women

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Actor Gerard Butler has revealed his house has been destroyed by the California wildfires. The actor showed off this image of himself outside the burned-out ruins.

Gerard Butler devastated after wildfires destroy his Malibu home

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Royal Bank of Scotland paid contractors a staggering �400 a day to stuff envelopes

RBS paid contractors £400 ‘to stuff envelopes’

Edinburgh

Mum and daughter Narelle and Sharee Shearer at the opening of the new H&M store in Livingston.

Shoppers queue for three hours for launch of new Livingston H&M store

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The buses will be able to accommodate a total of131 passengers, including those standing.

Monster buses coming to Edinburgh will be the UK's biggest

Transport

Nearly half a million people are earning less than the living wage in Scotland, according to a report. Picture: PA Wire

Nearly half a million Scots ‘earning less than living wage’

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